Japanese destroyer Yugumo (1941)
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| Completed: | 5 December 1941 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 October 1943 |
| Struck: | 1 December 1943 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft 11 in (109.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 228 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Yugumo (夕雲? "Evening Clouds") was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On the night of 6–7 October 1943, Yugumo was on a troop evacuation run to Vella Lavella. In the Battle of Vella Lavella, she charged U.S. destroyers, irreparably damaging USS Chevalier (DD-451) with a torpedo. She was sunk in turn by gunfire and at least one torpedo from Chevalier and USS Selfridge (DD-357), 15 miles (27 km) northwest of Vella Lavella ( ), with 138 killed. U.S. PT boats rescued 78 survivors and another 25 reached friendly lines in an abandoned U.S. lifeboat, but Commander Oosako was killed in action.
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| Yugumo-class destroyer |
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Yugumo | Kazagumo | Makigumo | Makinami | Takanami | Naganami | Tamanami | Suzunami | Onami | Fujinami | Kishinami | Hayanami | Kiyonami | Okinami | Hamanami | Asashimo | Kiyoshimo | Hayashimo | Akishimo |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
